• 009 - Democracy is about power distribution, not votes

  • Mar 15 2022
  • Length: 22 mins
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009 - Democracy is about power distribution, not votes

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  • In this episode, Iyad and Ahmed discuss how a broad range of political and economic factors can impact democracy, and how the concept of a 'public sphere' can either strengthen or weaken democratic nations.

    Episode Timetags:

    05:00 - Centralisation of political and economic activity & weakened democracy

    06:00 - Economic inequality as a threat to democracy

    07:00 - APPGs in the UK, captured by the private sector - article referenced: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/feb/17/lobbying-fears-as-mps-interest-groups-receive-13m-from-private-firms

    10:00 - French colonial censorship in Syria

    11:00 - "Public sphere" theory & democracy (+ shout-out to Belabbes Benkredda!)

    12:30 - Jurgen Habermas - German philosopher of the public sphere

    14:30 - Disinformation in the public sphere & the destruction of Arabic Twitter

    15:30 - What is the impact of a shared public sphere on nationalism?

    17:30 - Two public languages in The Middle East: Indo-European & Semitic
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